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A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or “somewhat secular.” Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America.

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Preface Zachary I. Heller Introduction David M. Gordis Secular Forms of Judaism Paul Mendes-Flohr Demography and Dimensions of Secularity among American Jews Barry A. Kosmin Secularism in the Contemporary Jewish Community David M. Gordis Let Us Speak of Stories Leonard Fein A Personal History of Jewish Reading Ilan Stavans God’s Language and the Making of Secular Jewish Culture David Biale Sources of Secularism Mitchell Silver Secular Jewish Musical Expression—Is Nothing Sacred? Hankus Netsky The Secularization of Jewish Cultural Memory: Epistemological and Hermeneutical Reflections Paul Mendes Flohr Secular Jewishness in Israel and the Diaspora Yonatan Glaser Accepting Secular Jewishness and Embracing All Jews Eva Goldfinger Contributors

Jewish Secularity

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      Publisher Rlpg/Galleys
      Published 5 April 2012
      ISBN-13 9780761857945
      978-0761857945
      ISBN-10 076185794X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or “somewhat secular.” Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Zachary I. Heller Introduction David M. Gordis Secular Forms of Judaism Paul Mendes-Flohr Demography and Dimensions of Secularity among American Jews Barry A. Kosmin Secularism in the Contemporary Jewish Community David M. Gordis Let Us Speak of Stories Leonard Fein A Personal History of Jewish Reading Ilan Stavans God’s Language and the Making of Secular Jewish Culture David Biale Sources of Secularism Mitchell Silver Secular Jewish Musical Expression—Is Nothing Sacred? Hankus Netsky The Secularization of Jewish Cultural Memory: Epistemological and Hermeneutical Reflections Paul Mendes Flohr Secular Jewishness in Israel and the Diaspora Yonatan Glaser Accepting Secular Jewishness and Embracing All Jews Eva Goldfinger Contributors

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